What are the responsibilities and job description for the Recovery Support Specialist position at Treatment Alternatives for Stronger Communities?
At TASC (Treatment Alternatives for Stronger Communities), our mission is to empower people and strengthen communities with impactful services. Since 1976, we have been guided by the belief that every individual holds the potential for positive change. We advocate, support, and most importantly, empower people to break barriers, find recovery, and reshape their destinies. Through Specialized Case Management, we create a world where recovery, justice, and empathy lead to thriving communities. Our foundation is anchored at the intersection of behavioral health and the criminal legal system. Today, TASC also operates at the forefront of transformative solutions. We are a social impact organization that embodies a future where health, safety and justice is synonymous with hope. We are TASC!
In our Youth and Family Services, we help parents and young people who are striving to become healthy and restore their relationships. We work in partnership with human services, child welfare systems, juvenile courts, and community-based providers so that together, we can help individuals and families obtain the services and skills they need to live in positive, healthy ways.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Assist individuals in achieving service plan goals through direct services and coordination of behavior health, public agencies, and community resources. (Approximate 80% of time spent in this area)
- Make contact within referred client within 48 hours of notification
- Complete intake packets for program enrollment and participation
- Complete warm hand-off of client referral to identified Recovery Coach Program after completing initial treatment referral
- Attend client juvenile court dates and provide written and oral testimony on the clients recovery status and treatment progress
- Provides referrals and crisis intervention for the individuals identified needs
- Interview individuals, review records, and confer with other professionals to review individual progress, and to determine their suitability for program participation
- Knowledge of DSM V and ASAM criteria
- Collaborate with internal and external partners, participate in staff meetings and monthly supervisions, and participate in integrated staffing with individuals receiving TASC services.
- Identify and refer individuals with behavioral health needs
- Complete and submit internal and external program reports
- Complete and maintain all required individual and program related documentation which includes, documenting the results of screenings, enrollments, service plans, reports, progress notes, discharge summaries and other individual-related activities including accurate reporting of services
- Monitor TASC database system and contractual/external database systems to ensure Individual enrollment
Participate in community meetings, trainings and projects including multi-disciplinary staffing, vocational- and educational-programming, institutional counseling, correctional-industries, employers and other meetings assigned (Approximately 15% of the time spent in this area)
- Develops effective working relationships with the internal and external partners
- Participate in meetings to adjust, update or revise individual service plan
- Obtain and clinically analyze progress reports from internal and external partners to ensure individuals progress is on target with the benchmarks outlined in their service plan
Other function (Approximately 5% of the time spent in this area)
- Ensure that confidential information relating to the organization, its staff, and individuals is kept confidential
- Be an excellent steward of TASC, modeling the core values of the organization
- Other duties as assigned
COMPETENCIES
Planning/Organizing | Communication | Data Management/Utilization | Customer Relations | Problem-solving |Microsoft Office Suite| Productivity/Accountability| Excellent Communication | Attention to Detail | Flexibility | Relationship Building | Trauma Informed Care | Collaboration/Teamwork | Time Management
QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Bachelors degree preferred and/or three years lived or professional experience.
- Ability to obtain CADC certification within the first two years in the field.
- Must Be able to pass DCFS Background check.
- Demonstrated proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite
- Demonstrated experience in group facilitation
- Certain programs may require a higher level of education, certification and/or licensures based on contractual obligations